Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-06
the LAKE UNION CANALS
A New Steamer fer the
Puget Sound Trade.
Rsslas Csast Harbsr and River Apprs-
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HmporsanI Elais.
Whszrxarox, Jan-h-AmoBR tie hills
intrOdnced in the Senate today we're the
follosinR.
By Senat0r Dolph-To sathorize the
Washington Improvement Company Of
WasAiReto1 Territory 70 operate Q canal
between LAKES Union and Washing o.,
ana imposa and collect tolls fo1 traf1o
over ft, and 10 have riahts over the
canal when finished bei1oen Lake
Unaon and PuR sound, W. T.. Tue
United Ss ltes shall have t6e right 10
p1rchass tho canals ~ any time. and
shall haxs the privilege ot free trans
portatieu over the eame,
BE- Senstos BheFman--r0 pravi6e thns
persons on the pension rolls for the loas
Of limb o. limbs shall be entitled 20 re-
eeive arrears Of pc. sions from the date
Of dikchaRRe.
Also . oil 20 az tie amount Of United
States bonds 70 bs required Of national
hamka. ik limits to $4,000 the
Unifed States bonds to be depositsd By
nafionai banks with the United States
Treasures. provided that ths voluntary
Of bonds fog retirsmeut OF
bank notes shall not exceed
81 coo. 900 In any one month, With the
AppEovAl Of the Secretary OF the Treas
aFy, and provided. further, that the Act
shall not apply % bonds required By the
existing Law 10 be deposited for the
Of public moneys 10 nstional
banks. section 2 provides thas on the
BY q nationas bank Of any
sum Of its circulating notes. .ths required
deposit Of lawful moneys with the Uni-
ed States Treasurer for their Fedemp-
hon. the entire liability Of the bank for
ts surrendered notss shall uttsriy cease,
md they snail be redeemed By the
rrt asnfsr and destroyed, a. nov pro-
5lded by Law. Il further provides that
he acf shall be construed 70 Determine
he liability Of banks which have here
,ofore lawfully surrendered any or all
lk their circulating notes. Money de-
posted By q national bank for Fedemp.
ion Of its circulation shall be covered
INTO the Treasury.
Tedayss weather.
EAn FnAEcIsos, Jan. 6.-Indications
Tor the next 81 hours from 8 p. %. sre
n Oregon. end Washington Territory
warm, cloudy weather. with
showers.
Of the aenssle- Canadian
Paeiee Railroad.
Today the keel Of Q new iron steamer
zas bsin0 laid in the yard of the
Union Iron Works. The steamer
81 which the foundation was laid yes
49, -ats =. ...o - rfnn Srma kr~Iaw.
md is being built for the Canadian
Pacific Navigation OAmpauy, and is in
ended by them for passenger trade on
Pueet Sound.
sale ea she meesac TuaneH.
BosroE, Jan. 6.-The Governor aud
1Suncil today completed the sale Of the
doosac tunnel With it's accompanying
.orsy-four miles OF railroad. 10 the
Fitchbury Railroad Company. Condi
ions OF the eale are as follows: The
state is 70 receive from the Fitehhury
Railroad Company 45.000, 600 in 80 year
sonds, payipR inteTes1 at 3 per cent. for
I've years. 81 per cent. for the next
I've yeaFs, and ( per cent. thereafter,
md So, ,OO0, coo Ia common stock. The
,xcitinQ issue of preferred stock Of the
road Il So e66 shares. This
9 70 be decreased one-third and dis
ributed pro rata among shareholders,
making total Of $40 AS shares. The
preferred stock 10 to receive dividend
II per cent, and any surplus of earn.
nes remaining IL to be divided pro
'Ata between the State on lie &25. 900 00U
II common stock and shareholders Of
he road on thsir &7,646. 800 Of pre-
erred stock, OF fracti1nally IN the ratio
II I've TO seven.
An eld ssre Broke cat Anew.
CHICAGO, Jan. S.-Tonighs the fact
vas made pablo that L7cal Assemblies
I79O, 6T32, 668 and s6lS OF the Knights
II Labor have taken steps toward renew
ng the boycott against SelQ. Schwab d
%. and @ n. Fargo. the reason being
alleged violations By the two firms OF
contracts catered into last spring With
be knights. The four Local Assem-
,lies mentioned are composed exclu
lively Of employees of the various
,ooi and shoe factories of Cal
ago, and at their instance the qaes-
ion as 10 how many shoe firms
have violated the agreement 20
discontinue % quickly a. possible
DefoFe the KniRhts Cd the last session ia
his city. The Board decided adversely
N the charges preferred against the
With the excepttnn Of
he case Of Faro 4 %. Tue charges
we're not seriously entertained. This
decision, IL appears. was very unsatis-
'aotory to the KuiRhts dirscsly intes-
'sted, and joint session OF their fouf
Assemblies has bssn held 10 take action
n the matter. At this meeting the
Board was bitterly denounced. one OF
he speakers charging shat the members
II q we're isfoeuced By money from
he manufaoturers. II was then decided
q renew the Eelx, Schwab 4 FarRo boy
,ott. AZ the cfiioe Of Fargo a o., this
svenin0, the charge was admitted that
he frm had transferred the greater pof-
ion of their work 70 the penitentiary Rt
Iackssn, Michigan. where Fargo hEs .
,onsraot running ten years. Selz Sehwao
ard q mistake had surely been made IN
heir case. The 6rm vas living strictly
10 10 tbs letter aad spirit OF their saFse-
nsnt With The Knights.
Paesne ceasa spprspFiaasess.
WkaHrsoToE, Jan. She House CON-
mites on Rivers end Harbofs has eom-
,leafd the river and haFboF apprupEia-
ion till, aud u will be presented % the
Hoass before She end Of ths week. Toe
lrand total Of the appropriations made
oy the bill 10 81. .l58. ESQ, while the total
lf estimates sabmitisd vas so. 0l. .7f9.
Among the appropriations are the fsl-
owing. Califoruia-Hamboldt Harbnr
md Hay, s60,OO0; WilninQton, $4,000;
and Feather Rivers. 0.000i
San Joaquin and Stockton Rivers and
Mormon EloaRh. $1,000. OeeRon-
Coos Bay entrance, $4,000; Ysquina
Hag. $4,000; canal a. the Cascades.
$1,000: mouth Of The C0lumb2a River,
eiss 600; loser WiilaDette and Ool1m-
bia Rivers. e12slOo0; upper NiIlametss
10 eomplsts1, t35 600; Coquille Rivsf
at moush). ei2,s00. waahinRtoR Ter
ritery = ekaRt, Steilsg1smiah. Nook-
.aek eoohomish and enoq7Almis Rivers,
$1,000. MoDsana-- Yellowstans River
(bssveen 0isndivs and ths m0utA Of the
rivsr). $4,000.
The ssrike WIdens-
Nxw YoMK, Jan. 6.-Ths strike OF
coal hzndssFs b extendlng aiosg ibe
line Of the Delaware sad Hadso. 0anal